2015 Ray Guy Award Finalists

2014

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Hackett becomes the first Utah player to win an award presented by the National College Football Awards Association, which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football.

Hackett, who was also named a first-team Walter Camp All-American, led the nation in punts inside the 20 (35) and 10 (19) yard lines and ranked second nationally in punt average (47.0). The two-time All-Pac-12 punter put 35-of-77 (45.5%) punts inside the 20.

Hackett finished second in the nation with a school-record 3,619 punt yards and second in the conference in punts of 50+ yards (25). Utah was third in the nation in net punting (42.81).

Hackett was named the Ray Guy Award Player of the Week three times in 2014: vs. Fresno State, UCLA and Stanford. He earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors against Colorado.

Hackett’s bio information

All-Pac-12 punter came to Utah as a walk-on before being placed on scholarship; school record-holder for punt yards in a season (3,619 in 2014). In his career, he placed 43.3% of his punts inside the 20 (77-of 178), including 37 inside the 10-yard line and 16 inside the 5-yard line.

To be determined.

Played Australian rules football at Scotch College — spent two years on the 1st XVIII as leading goal scorer.